What’s Current: Three people charged with trafficking a 13-year-old girl in Niagara Falls, Brampton, and Toronto

Kahmal Howard Paris, 22, and Alico Allen, 19, are accused of forcing a 13-year-old girl to perform sexual acts for a month. (Toronto Police Service)
Kahmal Howard Paris, 22, and Alico Allen, 19, are accused of forcing a 13-year-old girl to perform sexual acts for a month. (Toronto Police Service)

Thirteen-year-old girl lured via Facebook, forced into prostitution by two young men and a 17-year-old girl in Toronto. “If there was not a demand for sex with a child, then there would not be a need for predators like this to force our children into the sex trade for monetary gain,” says Toronto police inspector.

Men who kill female partners, as opposed to strangers, get lighter sentences, study finds. “This may mean that women killed by male partners are still seen as property,” researcher says.

Will Zoolander 2 share the same fate as Stonewall? Activists call for boycott of the movie over accusations of transphobia. Benedict Cumberbatch’s character found too silly.

Tory MP Philip Davies says more women should be sent to prison to achieve equality with men. (Looks like someone’s been getting inspiration from MRA message boards).

Prison guard raped female inmate for 15 minutes, wanted to give his partner a “show.”

Artist creates portraits of modern women on a manual typewriter with historic feminist texts. “These aren’t just women. They’re women made with women’s words.”

Susan Cox

Susan Cox is a feminist writer and academic living in the United States. She teaches in Philosophy.